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The “Fabrication: Bits and Atoms” class at the Stamps School of Art and Design teaches students about 3D design and fabrication in different mediums. Abigail Zrike, a current junior in the Stamps School, took the class last winter with architecture professor, Mark Meier. The final project was to create an object using the 3D printers, …

For the 2015 Winter semester, Stephanie O’Malley (the 3D Lab’s resident artist) was again invited to teach a course for the Stamps School of Art & Design. AD240: 3D Modeling & Motion is an entry level course for students to get familiar with basic 3D modeling and animation principles. Students spent the semester learning …

Robert Alexander is a Design Science Ph.D. Graduate and member of the Solar and Heliospheric Research Group. Working with NASA, Robert aims to use data audification to teach us something new about the Sun’s solar wind and is using mixed media coupled with unique interaction methods to pull viewers into the experience. Video created by: Robert …

Rachael Miller and Carlos Garcia discuss how their individual experiences with the Digital Media Commons (DMC) shaped their projects and ambitions. Rachael, an undergraduate in computer science, was able to expand her horizons by working in the 3D Lab on projects which dealt with virtual reality. She gained vital knowledge about motion capture by …

Robert Alexander, a graduate student at the University of Michigan, represents what students can do in the Digital Media Commons (DMC), a service of the Library, if they take the time to embrace their ideas and use the resources available to them. In the video above, he talks about the projects, culture, and resources available …

Molly Dierks, as an MFA candidate at the Penny W. Stamps School of Art & Design, used resources at the UM3D Lab to create an installation peice called “Postmodern Venus.” Shawn O’Grady scanned her body with the HandyScan Laser Scanner to create a 3D model of her body. The model was then textured to look …

An application developed by the 3D Lab, called 3D Painter, allows users to paint in multiple dimensions, rotating and flipping their strokes. You can switch the walls you’re painting on, can switch to the floor, can switch colors and even depth. All using a simple LED-wand. 3D Painter was created to showcase the creative potential …

“Dialogue of the Senses” was the theme for an exhibit of student work from the Department of Performing Arts Technology, School of Music, Theater & Dance (May 2013). Alex Surdu titled his piece, “Different Eyes / I’m Standing in a Vroom.” He designed it for exhibition in the MIDEN, for aural as well as visual …

John Marshall, former baby-product developer and assistant professor at the School of Art & Design, is no stranger to rapid prototyping technology. His projects consistently use precisely printed or cut parts as both an artistic medium and means to engineering his aesthetic and technical designs. Marshall was asked to create art for “Trouble in …

A full scale wax casting of Bo Schembechler was created by artist John Thomas for the three-year anniversary of Schembechler’s death. The sculpture was then scanned with the 3D laser scanner, turned into a wireframe model, and printed in plaster with the 3D printer at a smaller scale. This plaster model was then used …

U-Bin Li used Maya and ZBrush to sculpt his conception of death, then printed it in plaster on the z510 to live on in our display case. The creases of fabric and detail of the face and delicate fingers show the capability of the 3D printer to produce finely tuned, sensitive features. The final piece was eventually …